How the EU wants to reshape its asylum system

The new EU Asylum and Migration Pact will see migrants irregularly entering the EU undergo identity, health and security checks and have biometric readings of their faces and fingerprints recorded, which can take up to seven days.

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In Germany, an asylum seeker receives one of the first Bavarian payment cards at the Anchor Centre. (AFP)
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BRUSSELS - The European Parliament votes Wednesday on a landmark reform of EU laws on asylum-seekers and irregular migrants.

Here are the main changes which, if adopted, will come